[February 14, 2012]

Azaleos Managed SharePoint Services Adoption Continues to Surge

Azaleos^® Corporation, the global managed messaging, collaboration and unified communications services company, today announced that its private cloud Managed SharePoint Services continue to grow at a breakneck pace following a record setting year in 2011. Azaleos is an attractive SharePoint outsourcing alternative to public cloud services like Microsoft (News - Alert) Office365's SharePoint Online. Azaleos Managed SharePoint Services, which represent an increasingly large portion of the company's overall business, are used by numerous Fortune 500 companies and large enterprises including Whirlpool, Nintendo of America, National Grid, Mitsui Worldwide, Milliman, Luxury Resorts, Lam Research, Havi Global and Booz & Co.

"Many companies are uncertain about how to architect, configure and even manage SharePoint infrastructures, but don't consider public cloud services viable for privacy and compliance reasons. These market conditions have been fueling the growth of our Managed SharePoint private cloud business," said Scott Gode, vice president of product management and marketing at Azaleos.

To expand the reach of its Managed SharePoint private cloud services, Azaleos also announced today two new offerings. Azaleos SharePoint Starter Edition enables departments within large enterprises to get a simple managed SharePoint system up and running fast. For larger enterprises adopting the powerful collaboration system for the first time, but uncertain of their needs, Azaleos SharePoint Core Edition provides more robust management services with a fixed set of functionality. Meanwhile, the Azaleos SharePoint Premier Edition remains the best option for enterprises with unique requirements and/or custom usage scenarios for SharePoint.

"Our flagship Managed Exchange Services have always experienced strong and steady growth, but demand for the Managed SharePoint Services and Managed Lync Services over the last few years has broken company records," added Scott Gode.

Azaleos Managed SharePoint Services are based on two technology innovations developed by the company. The patented AzaleosX platform enables experts in its network operations centers to remotely manage SharePoint, Exchange and Lync Server. The Azaleos SharePoint Calculator estimates storage, server, bandwidth, and database sizing needs to correctly plan and architect SharePoint deployments. This unique tool incorporates several years of knowledge and best practices gathered by Azaleos experts in designing, monitoring and managing SharePoint environments for medium and large enterprises.

"Azaleos helps customers get SharePoint done right the first time and ensures it remains up and running smoothly. With our new three tiered Managed SharePoint Services offerings, an industrial strength, turn-key collaboration system is now within reach of virtually any enterprise," commented Gode.

In related news, Azaleos made the following announcement this morning: Azaleos Expands Reach of Managed SharePoint Private Cloud Services.

About Azaleos

Azaleos Corporation provides managed email, collaboration and unified communications services available in private cloud, on-premise or mixed deployment architectures. Azaleos' 24x7 managed services for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, Lync, and BlackBerry (News - Alert) Enterprise Server improve availability, security and performance, while reducing maintenance time and costs. The patented AzaleosX technology platform enables customers to maintain control over servers and data including their location, while uptime, maintenance, and support is proactively handled by certified experts in Azaleos network operations centers. Hundreds of companies from Fortune 500 to mid-market enterprises rely on Azaleos to manage their collaboration infrastructures and address issues before users ever know they exist. A member of the National Systems Integrator program (NSI (News - Alert)), Azaleos is one of Microsoft's top 34 partners in the U.S. For more information, visit www.azaleos.com.

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